Darren McGarvey

The Sunday Times top ten bestseller.Winner of the Orwell Prize 2018.Darren McGarvey has experienced poverty and its devastating effects first-hand. He knows why people from deprived communities all around Britain feel angry and unheard. And he wants to explain . . .So he invites you to come on a safari of sorts. But not the kind where the wildlife is surveyed from a safe distance. This book takes you inside the experience of poverty to show how the pressures really feel and how hard their legacy is to overcome.Arguing that both the political left and right misunderstand poverty as it is actually lived, McGarvey sets out what everybody – including himself – could do to change things. Razor-sharp, fearless and brutally honest, Poverty Safari is an unforgettable insight into modern Britain.

If all the best people are in all the top jobs, then why is Britain such a fucking bin fire? Britain is in a long-distance relationship with reality. A ravine cuts through it, partitioning the powerful from the powerless, the vocal from the voiceless, the fortunate from those too often forgotten. This distance dictates how we identify and relate to society's biggest issues - from homelessness and poverty to policing and overrun prisons - ultimately determining how, and whether, we strive to resolve them. So why, for generations, has a select group of people with very limited experience of social inequality been charged with discussing and debating it?I've sat on cold pavements with beggars, asking them why they would rather wander the streets than live in supported accommodation. I've pleaded with alcoholics to give sobriety one last shot before they end up dead - and read their obituaries in the paper weeks later. I've sat with youth workers at their wits' end as diversionary services are cut amid a surge in gang and knife violence. Too many people remain so far from this nightmarish social reality that even when they would earnestly wish to bring about change, they don't know where to start. So start here.

"Et dans les bas-fonds de ces quartiers, entre l'alcool et la drogue, des gens tâchaient d'élever des enfants. L'un d'eux était ma mère."Grandir dans la pauvreté, c'est grandir sur la défensive. Né dans les quartiers pauvres de Glasgow, Darren McGarvey raconte de l'intérieur ce qu'est la vie dans la misère, comment elle ronge, détruit et étouffe sous une chape de stress permanent. Au coeur des foyers, à l'école, dans la rue, en prison, partout, la pauvreté rend malade, violent, alcoolique, accro, toxico, et il est primordial de le savoir pour comprendre la complexité du fléau. Être pauvre n'est pas le sort des paresseux ou des mauvais gestionnaires, c'est un engrenage dont il est très difficile de sortir. Mais c'est possible.Unique en son genre, phénomène au Royaume-Uni, ce témoignage est aussi un essai informé et engagé sur la possibilité d'échapper à son destin et de se réapproprier sa liberté. Fort de son histoire personnelle et de son engagement, l'auteur renvoie dos à dos les politiciens de gauche comme de droite, et remet chacun face à sa responsabilité individuelle, sans aucune complaisance.Apparenté à la fois à Hillbilly Elegy, Pourquoi êtes-vous pauvres ? et Une colère noire, ce texte percutant éclaire d'un jour cru la colère des laissés-pour-compte.

*The new book from the Orwell Prize-Winning author of Poverty Safari and The Social Distance Between Us*Today, trauma permeates media, from music and television to films and books – my own included. While the increasing openness is welcome, I’ve observed that this rise has been accompanied by a parallel explosion of disinformation and sometimes harmful guidance about how to deal with personal trauma.In Trauma Industrial Complex, I ask the How did we get here? And are the stories we’re telling ourselves liberating us or keeping us trapped? In this revealing and deeply personal book, I’ll pull back the curtain, sharing the hard-won wisdom I’ve gained from the events brought on by telling my own story.Praise for Darren ‘An Orwell for today's poor’ – The Times‘The standout, authentic voice of a generation’ – Herald‘McGarvey is a a working-class writer who has fought to make the middle-class world hear what he has to say’ – Nick Cohen, Guardian

People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey aka Loki gives voice to their feelings and concerns, and the anger that is spilling over. Anger he says we will have to get used to, unless things change. He invites you to come on a safari of sorts. A Poverty Safari. But not the sort where the indigenous population is surveyed from a safe distance for a time, before the window on the community closes and everyone gradually forgets about it.

Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Titles In This The Social Distance Between Us [Paperback] In the Thick of It [Hardcover] What Does Jeremy Think? [Paperback] The Social Distance Between Us, In the Thick of It, What Does Jeremy Think? 3 Books Collection The Social Distance Between Britain is in a long-distance relationship with reality. A ravine cuts through it, partitioning the powerful from the powerless, the vocal from the voiceless, the fortunate from those too often forgotten. This distance dictates how we identify and relate to society's biggest issues - from homelessness and poverty to policing and overrun prisons. In the Thick of It [Hardcover]: As Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Alan Duncan was once described as Boris Johnson’s ‘pooper-scooper’. For two years, he deputised for the then Foreign Secretary, now Prime Minister. Few are more attuned to Boris’s strengths and weaknesses as a minister and his suitability for high office than the man who helped clear up his mistakes. What Does Jeremy Think?: ‘Seasoned Whitehall watchers often “It wouldn’t have been like this if Jeremy Heywood were still around.” … How could it be that the effectiveness of the once-revered civil service had become reliant on a single man?’ Guardian ‘This book should be read in a similar spirit to Mantel’s masterpieces – as a portrait of an exceptional man who was always at the centre of events … Invaluable’ Guardian.9781529103885/9780008422264/9780008353162

Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original UK ISBN and UK EDITION Cover Image In this Listing shall be Darren McGarvey 2 Books Collection Set (Poverty Safari & The Social Distance Between Us): Poverty Darren McGarvey, award-winning author and presenter of BBC series The State We're In has experienced poverty and its devastating effects first-hand. He knows why people from deprived communities all around Britain feel angry . . .So he invites you to come on a safari of sorts. But not the kind where the wildlife is surveyed from a safe distance. This book takes you inside the experience of poverty to show how the pressures really feel and how hard their legacy is to overcome.Arguing that both the political left and right misunderstand poverty as it is actually lived. The Social Distance Between Why are the rich getting richer while the poor only get poorer? How is it possible that in a wealthy, civilised democracy cruelty and inequality are perpetuated by our own public services? And how come, if all the best people are in all the top jobs, Britain is such an unmitigated bin fire? Join Darren McGarvey on a journey through a divided Britain in search of answers. Here, our latter-day Orwell exposes the true scale of Britain's social ills and reveals why our current political class, those tasked with bringing solutions, are so distanced from our lived. 9781529006346/9781529103885